Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’

In 2009/10 Scotland was in the running for becoming Microsoft’s European hub to provide Cloud services. When they settled on Ireland research was commissioned to look into the reasons why. The rumour mill had created a number of theories including the lack of infrastructure in Scotland and a deficit of skilled tech employees.

The report showed that Scotland has very well established infrastructure with a talent pool that continues to grow. More recently, the amount of support and focus placed on encouraging young people into the tech sector sets the nation apart from much of Europe.(more…)